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Buff-breasted Paradise-KingfisherAlternate name(s): "White-tailed Kingfisher", "Racquet-tailed Kingfisher" ![]() Size: ca. 35 cm (male; incl. tail streamers [13 cm]), ca. 30 cm (female); wing span 34-35 cm Weight: 40-60 g |
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Photos |
Race "sylvia"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
Frontal view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Near-lateral view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Near-lateral view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
- note the extraordinary length of the tail streamers
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Near-lateral view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Near-lateral view of a wet male(?) Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, December 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, December 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Dorsal view of a male Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
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FEMALE |
Near-frontal view of a female Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher;
note the, compared to the males shown above, somewhat shorter
tail streamers (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Near-frontal view of a female Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
Dorsal view of a female Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
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Breeding information |
Breeding season: Oct - Jan | Eggs: 3 - 4 | Incubation period: 26 - 28 days | Fledging age: 26 - 29 days |
Nest building: (?)Female & male | Incubation: Female & male | Dependent care: Female & male |
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Nest |
"bungobittah", "lar", "malunna", "jindi" [bundjalung] = nest [Aboriginal] |
Type: Tunnel | Material: Arboreal termite mound | Height above ground: 1 - ? m |
Entrance to a Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher nest in a low
termite mound in tropical
rainforest
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]
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Eggs |
"boyanga", "booyanga", "derinya", "dirandil", "koomura", "mirk", "ngampu", "nooluk", "pateena", "pum-pum" = Egg; "dirundirri" = eggs [Aboriginal]; "gawu" = eggs [gamilaraay] |
Size: 25 x 22 mm | Colour: Lustrous white | Shape: Oval |